BBC Gaza documentary ruled 'materially misleading' by Ofcom for failing to disclose narrator's Hamas ties
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Summary
UK media regulator Ofcom has ruled that the BBC committed a 'serious breach' of broadcasting rules by failing to disclose that the narrator of its documentary 'Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone' was the son of a Hamas official. The regulator found the program was 'materially misleading' and has ordered the BBC to broadcast a prime-time statement about the findings. The BBC's director general has previously apologized, acknowledging 'a significant failing in relation to accuracy' in the documentary that was broadcast earlier this year.
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Ofcom investigation into Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has concluded that the programme was 'materially misleading'
The BBC's director general has previously apologised, saying there had been 'a significant failing in relation to accuracy'
Ofcom has ordered the BBC to broadcast a prime-time statement about its conclusions
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